Calvary Baptist Church - Childersburg Alabama

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08/21/2025

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Welcome everyone to our Annual Labor Day Celebration at Calvary Baptist Church in Childersburg. Enjoy supper, games, music and great fireworks. NO charge. August 31st beginning at 6pm. Bring your lawn chair and your appetite.

08/21/2025

Welcome everyone to our Annual Labor Day Celebration at Calvary Baptist Church in Childersburg. Enjoy supper, games, music and great fireworks. NO charge. August 31st beginning at 6pm. Bring your lawn chair and your appetite.

07/01/2025

On this day, 55 years ago, on July 23, 1970, Lieutenant Colonel Andre Cavaro Lucas, age 39, was killed in action during the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam. He was the commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Between July 1 and July 23, Lucas led his battalion in a prolonged and intense defense against a numerically superior North Vietnamese Army force. The enemy launched continuous mortar, rocket, and ground assaults against the American position.

Throughout the battle, Lucas exposed himself repeatedly to enemy fire. He directed the defense of his men on the ground and from the air. In one instance, he flew in a low-hovering helicopter for over three hours, staying outside the protection of the aircraft to direct the fire of one of his embattled companies. Despite incoming fire severely damaging the helicopter, he continued directing fire until the unit’s gr***de supply was depleted. He then transferred to another helicopter, personally delivered ammunition to the unit under heavy fire, and resumed command of their fire support from the air.

On another occasion, when a helicopter crash-landed at the fire base and burst into flames under enemy shelling, Lucas organized a rescue party. As the fire spread and ammunition inside the aircraft began exploding, he ordered his men to fall back. He stayed behind, attempting to rescue a trapped crewman while under direct enemy fire. The flames intensified, and Lucas finally withdrew only when the effort became impossible.

Lucas’s leadership during the three-week siege was marked by repeated acts of personal risk. He constantly moved between his units, issued direct orders under fire, and helped reorganize defenses to hold the position. On July 23, 1970, while directing the final withdrawal of his battalion from the firebase, Lucas was mortally wounded by enemy fire. He died on the battlefield that day.

Lucas was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary leadership and valor. His family received the award from Vice President Gerald R. Ford on July 17, 1974. Lucas was buried at the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery in West Point, New York.

05/01/2025

AWANA Awards Ceremony 2025

04/20/2025

Easter Egg Hunt 2025 at Calvary Baptist Church